U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett.Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersThe fate of the Biden administration’s sweeping plan to cancel $400 billion in student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans may hinge on the newest conservative member of the Supreme Court: Justice Amy Coney Barrett.Barrett was the conservative justice who seemed the most unconvinced by the plaintiffs challenging student loan forgiveness, said Jed Shugerman, a law professor at Fordham University. Specifically, Shugerman said, Barrett didn’t seem to agree that they’d proven they have standing to sue.”Barrett was vocally and deeply uncomfortable about ruling that any of the plaintiffs had standing,” Shugerman said.More from Personal Finance:Why Social Security retirement age, payroll tax may changeExperts argue Social Security retirement age shouldn’t pass 67Return on waiting to claim Social Security is ‘huge’As a rule, plaintiffs must prove that a policy would cause them injury in order to challenge it in the courts.That requirement, which has long been defended by conservative justices, especially former Justice Antonin Scalia, is meant to avoid people using the legal system to fight policies they do not like or agree with.The six GOP-led states that brought a lawsuit agai …
